Chapter 28 On Fengming Mountain, the Prime Minister in Black

Dragon City, Fengming Mountain.

At this moment, the brothers, Jin Wang Chen Huaian and Xiao Wangye Chen Longxiang, who were regarded as useless brothers in the eyes of the second emperor of Daxin, Zhao Gan, were walking side by side on a winding path paved with bluestone slabs.

At the end of the path, a thousand-year-old temple stood quietly and solemnly in the morning light. It was the famous Qixia Temple.

In the temple, the Buddhist chants of monks chanted scriptures one after another, like the gurgling of water.

On the steps of the temple gate, stood an old monk with a gray beard and a majestic appearance.

The black monk's robe draped over him rose and fell in the morning breeze, adding a bit of immortal charm.

This person was the black monk mentioned by Chen Huaian, the abbot of Qixia Temple, Dongfang Xiao.

Speaking of this black monk Dongfang Xiao, he was also a number one man with a great talent.

He became a monk at the age of fourteen, but he did not seek the right path of Buddhism. Instead, he liked to study the art of yin and yang. He could not only see through the hypocrisy and truth of the world, but also was good at seeing through people's hearts. His wisdom and talent were unmatched.

The former king Chen Polu had commented on Dongfang Xiao more than once in front of Chen Huaian that he was "a yin and yang master holding Buddhist beads, and a hero in troubled times wearing a cassock"!

Dongfang Xiao not only did not refute Chen Polu's evaluation, but even said the tiger and wolf words "My parents gave me life, and the one who knows me is His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin".

When the news of the death of the former emperor Zhao Mang reached Longcheng, he visited the Prince of Jin's mansion at night and joked that he would give His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin a white hat to wear.

Then the white hat on the head of the King of Jin is not the emperor's emperor?

The result is conceivable. The former king Chen Polu was loyal and righteous all his life, and he immediately drove the crazy Dongfang Xiao out of the Prince of Jin's mansion.

He was ordered to be confined to Qixia Temple, chanting sutras and Buddha every day to cultivate his character and help Chen Polu to save the souls of the enemy soldiers who died at his hands in recent years.

By the way, when the second son Chen Longxiang was born in the Jin Palace, Dongfang Xiao calculated that the second son Chen Longxiang was a golden-winged roc who came to the world to experience disasters.

Although his arms are as strong as the four elephants, he must not kill people indiscriminately, otherwise he will not have a good end in the future.

For this reason, the former king Chen Polu reluctantly sent his youngest son Chen Longxiang to Longhu Mountain to practice Taoism and cultivate his mind when he was just three years old.

In the past ten years, Chen Longxiang, who practiced in Longhu Mountain, has never committed any murder.

However, when the news of his father Chen Polu's death reached Longhu Mountain, Chen Longxiang, who returned home to mourn his father's spirit, happened to encounter the emperor's order to seize power and the scene of 100,000 Yunhui troops attacking the city.

Chen Longxiang, who was missing his mother, wanted to take the palace servants to the tower to rescue his mother Xu Ruoyun, but he happened to meet Zhou Wuyang, the deputy general of the Yunhui Army, who led 800 personal soldiers to seize the gate.

He didn't expect that the personal soldiers under Zhou Wuyang had no martial ethics and rushed up with swords to chop Chen Longxiang without asking any questions.

Well, just this one blow, Chen Longxiang's ten years in Longhu Mountain were in vain.

A pair of Leigu urn gold hammers hit a soldier one by one, and more than 800 people were beaten to death in a short time.

Zhou Wuyang, the deputy general of the army, was even worse. He was hit by Chen Longxiang's two hammers, and finally the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield could only scoop him up from the ground with spoons.

Chen Huaian felt sorry for his brother. Seeing that he had committed such a sin, he was afraid that something bad would happen to him. After finishing the military affairs, he took Chen Longxiang to Fengming Mountain Qixia Temple as soon as possible to find the black-robed old monk Dongfang Xiao to help his brother Chen Longxiang to transcend the dead and cleanse the sin of killing.

"Master!"

"Hey, old monk——"

The two brothers greeted Dongfang Xiao, who had been waiting for a long time at the gate of the temple.

However, Chen Longxiang was naughty by nature. The old monk made Chen Huaian feel nervous. Then he raised his hand and slapped his brother, saying unhappily:

"Longxiang, you must not be rude to the master!"

After that, Chen Huaian looked at Dongfang Xiao, who was kind and calm, with an apologetic face and said:

"Master, my brother is young and naughty. I offended you with my words. I hope you will not be offended!"

"Longxiang, call someone again!"

After being slapped by his elder brother Chen Huaian, Chen Longxiang finally behaved himself.

But he still looked like a naughty kid who was not convinced and was not angry. He perfunctorily bowed to Dongfang Xiao 90 degrees again and said hello:

"Hello, Master Dongfang!"

This time, he bowed three times.

Seeing this, Chen Huaian was furious: "Chen Longxiang, you——"

He was about to raise his hand to deal with Chen Longxiang again.

Haha!

"Your Highness, Prince Jin, wait a minute!"

At this time, Dongfang Xiao laughed and stopped Chen Huaian from dealing with Chen Longxiang again, and said with a smile:

"The young prince is a golden-winged roc who has come to the world to experience tribulations. It is his nature to be naughty and mischievous. If you force the young prince to follow secular laws and etiquette, it will be inferior."

"Your Highness, don't worry about such mundane things!"

After that, Dongfang Xiao made a gesture of invitation and continued:

"Your Highness, the young prince invites you inside, let's talk while walking!"

Seeing that Dongfang Xiao said so, Chen Huaian no longer pretended, but glared at Chen Longxiang fiercely and asked him to restrain himself in the important place of Buddhism.

After that, he said: "Master, I came here today because I want to trouble you with something!"

Dongfang Xiao smiled mysteriously and said: "Your Highness, you are here for the young prince's matter, don't worry, I have already prepared it!"

As he said that, Dongfang Xiao called in a deep voice: "Jingxin, come here!"

Soon, a handsome young monk ran over from the Zen room nearby and asked respectfully, "Master, what do you want me to do?"

Dongfang Xiao said, "Take the little prince to the main hall. I have arranged a ritual there for the salvation of the dead. Let the little prince listen to the Buddhist scriptures and the Buddhist sounds of the wooden fish."

"Yes, Master!"

The little monk made a gesture to Chen Longxiang and said, "Little prince, please come this way!"

Chen Longxiang glanced at Chen Huaian, and after getting the latter's approval, he ran away happily under the guidance of the little monk.

Chen Huaian looked at his brother's disappearing back and smiled helplessly and dotingly.

Next, the two continued to walk through the quiet and peaceful Qixia Temple, and unknowingly came to a courtyard where few people went. At Dongfang Xiao's suggestion, the two took a short rest here.

This courtyard is located on the hillside of Fengming Mountain. Standing here, you can already see the outline of Longcheng.

Dongfang Xiao looked into the distance and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid you didn't come here just for the little prince's business, did you?"

Chen Huaian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Oh, then please tell me, Master, why did I come here?"

Haha!

Dongfang Xiao laughed twice, and did not directly answer Chen Huaian's question, but said to himself:

"Your Highness Prince Jin has extraordinary bones and is extremely heroic. He will definitely rise to the sky!"

"If Your Highness doesn't mind, I would like to give you the white hat that I gave to the previous king half a year ago but failed!"

"Master, are you serious?"

"Your Highness, monks don't lie!"

Then, the two smiled at each other facing the Dragon's Rise, and their bold and hearty laughter echoed for a long time on Fengming Mountain.